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Photos of Rancho del Zocalo, the hallway back in there, with the wall planters and the inside with all of the Mexican lanterns hanging from the ceiling and the pottery on the walls. That place inspired me to decorate my home with that stuff!!!

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Froggy,

I haven't had the chance to ask this and these pictures are the perfect opportunity! Did you find yourself noticing more details and taking these wonderful pictures because of the time spent playing WIDW? Or are you so good at WIDW because you are the kind of person who just notices details anyway?

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Originally Posted by Frogberto

Almost hidden in Frontierland, this park is by the Rancho Zocalo

Not sure if you're aware of it, but that sign is a reference the original "El Zocalo Park" which was also sometimes called the "Mexican Village"...that sat there in that spot and featured a large open market of merchandise and hand crafted goods. The El Zocalo Market was there when the Park first opened (inspired by the Zorro television series) and for several decades after.

Here's a couple of vintage shots of it:

And here's a shot of a ceramic hat that was sold there, that I found on someone's blog (sorry...don't recall which).

So El Zocalo Park is not named for the restaurant, but the restaurant is named for the old Park and Market that used to be there.

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Originally Posted by Opus1guy

Not sure if you're aware of it, but that sign is a reference the original "El Zocalo Park" which was also sometimes called the "Mexican Village"...that sat there in that spot and featured a large open market of merchandise and hand crafted goods. The El Zocalo Market was there when the Park first opened (inspired by the Zorro television series) and for several decades after.

Here's a couple of vintage shots of it:

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Those same benches!!!! ^^^^^^

I would have LOVED that area!! I collect Mexican crafts. Too bad it was before my time! Thanks for these photos, Opus!

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Thanks Tinkermonkey!

I appreciate the compliment, and absolutely YES, those hours spent playing WIDW on this board helped me notice details ... with our without a camera. I can't go into a Disney park without thinking "hmm, I wonder if they'd ever guess this one...?"

In fact, I've taken a few photos I haven't posted anywhere that I have available to me for future use... heh heh.

Originally Posted by tinkermonkey

Froggy,

I haven't had the chance to ask this and these pictures are the perfect opportunity! Did you find yourself noticing more details and taking these wonderful pictures because of the time spent playing WIDW? Or are you so good at WIDW because you are the kind of person who just notices details anyway?

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Still looking for some good shots of the critter houses (I believe they are supposed to be the Pooh character's) near the Many Adventure of Winnie the Pooh.

That was wonderful! Bravo! I loved that! Ah, that was great! Well, it was pretty good. Well, it wasn't bad. Uh, there were parts of it that weren't very good though. It could have been a lot better. I didn't really like it. It was pretty terrible. It was bad. It was awful! It was terrible! Take 'em away! Boo! Boo!

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Ya know someone (So sorry I forgot who) posted a picture of GRR in DCA and it was a super picture! The best ever! I think they said they took it form The GC Hotel. anywho...can anyone help me out here?